Scharben Castle
| Scharben Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Landau Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1258 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles, counts | |
| Place: | Hochdorf shards | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 0 '17.6 " N , 9 ° 46' 59.2" E | |
| Height: | 657 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle cormorants , even castle Landau called, is an Outbound Spur castle on a 657 m above sea level. NN hohne Bergsporn 3100 meters east of Winterstettenstadt in the district of Scharben in the municipality of Hochdorf in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .
The castle, presumably built by the Lords of Essendorf in the 13th century, was mentioned in 1258, was later owned by the Counts of Grüningen-Landau and fell into disrepair after 1440. Nothing has been preserved from the former castle on a rectangular plateau with a moat on three sides.
literature
- Otto Beck: Art and history in the Biberach district. A travel guide to cultural sites and sights in the middle of Upper Swabia (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Vol. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4 .
- Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN 1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, p. 58.